Varun Parashari, a 24-year-old contractual municipal employee, has been arrested for the alleged murder of Sharda Yadav, a 65-year-old woman from Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, India. The incident occurred after Yadav refused to share her property, valued at around ₹20 crore (approximately $2.4 million USD), with Parashari, who had been treated as an adopted son by her family. Yadav went missing on May 2, prompting her husband, Gajraj Singh, a retired Local Intelligence Unit official, to file a missing persons report. Police later reviewed CCTV footage that showed Parashari taking Yadav in his car. During interrogation, he reportedly confessed to luring her under the pretense of attending a spiritual gathering and then driving her to Jahanabad in Pilibhit district, where he allegedly stabbed her and disposed of her body in nearby bushes. The police have recovered the body based on his identification, and further legal proceedings are ongoing.